Cognac splash in Glass

Splashing Cognac in glass

Not only do I like the splash but I also like the folded paper background and the way the light is hitting it. High speed flash....http://www.dj-photo.com/gallery/still-life-and-product-photography

Remy Martin Cognac - not a straight photo by a long way

Remy Martin Cognac

This photo of a bottle of Cognac was not one simple shot, each element was colour balanced and photographed separately; the light on each side of the bottle, the base, label, inner glow, and rim lighting. A lens calibration was also done in CaptureOne Pro as there was some front tilt on the lens to keep things in focus. There were about seven different images that were combined in Photoshop to achieve the result that I wanted.

The light streaks were created in Photoshop, using the Path tool, layer effects and custom brushes. This technique has no shortage of options, it is possible to end up with so many various styles which can suit just about any subject!

Photography set up for the bottle shot

Camera: Linhof M679 CS
Digital Back: Phase One IQ180 (80million pixels)
Lens: Schneider Apo-Digitar 120mm Macro


More shots like this coming soon!

Parrot head Tulip

Parrot head Tulip

The Blue Snooker Ball

More snooker balls.....

The Blue Snooker Ball

Homage to the Pink Ball

Homage to the Pink Ball of Snooker

A play on colour and texture....

Pink ball on Fur

Razor Clams

Nice to finish the day with a photo of some really tasty Razor Clams bought earlier from Borough Market London.
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Sorting out pages for my folio

Food photographs for the folio

Busy today sorting out food photographs for my folio. Meetings next week.

Time of year for Rhubarb!

Young Rhubarb Leaf

I have a really great patch of Rhubarb at home, every year the emerging leaves look fabulous, they are so perfect and have a crushed tissue paper look.

Photography Masters Cup Honors me!

My photo of a cross-section of Lemon Meringue Pie has won again, this time in the 6th International Photography masters Cup Awards. It was selected as a Nominee and can be seen online here.

"It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the 8,521 entries we received this year," said Basil O'Brien, the awards Creative Director.

The awards international Jury included captains of the industry from Phillips de Pury & Company in New York; Kunst Licht Gallery, Shanghai; XPO Gallery, Paris; Tasveer Galleries, India; BFN, Netherlands; to BBH in London who honored Color Masters with 239 coveted title awards in 18 categories.

INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS, PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP is the leading international award honoring excellence in colour photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional and amateur photographers worldwide and honors the finest images with the highest achievements in color photography.

Lemon Meringue Pie

Great Cartoons by Tom Fishburne

I love theses cartoons!
Here's a few to digest:

 You can see more on his web-site:
http://tomfishburne.com

Village of Footdee Aberdeen

Footdee is a old fishing village situated by the river Dee in Aberdeen, Scotland. The quirky collection of small houses and huts makes for a few interesting photographs. Here's some I took.

Footdee Aberdeen

Footdee Aberdeen

Footdee Aberdeen - Ornate tap

Footdee Aberdeen

Footdee Aberdeen

More Food Photography

I've recently been doing some food test shots and here are the results, one shot of a Pear covered in caramel and a photo of some dried chillis in a sort of abstract way.

Both photographs were taken using a 120mm Rodenstock macro Digitar lens on my Linhof. The Pear was a two part comp, one of the pear and one of the drip.

Pear with caramel

The chillis were shot separately on a cyan background and then stripped in again to make the final composition. The hue of the cyan was slightly altered in Capture One using the colour editor tool. They were back lit with a spotlight.

Abstract photo of dried chilli